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The java build world is perverse. Maven and Ant are imperative, highly limited, domain specific languages using XML for syntax. Maven is declarative, not imper
by tentonova 17y ago
The java build world is perverse. Maven and Ant are imperative, highly limited, domain specific languages using XML for syntax.
Maven is declarative, not imperative.
Ant is broken in many respects, but your provided example is not true. Ant only attempts re-encoding of a file if you specify text filters (aka variable/string replacement). It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that string replacement breaks on binary files.
- rictic 17y agoInteresting, thanks for setting me straight, it's good to know that the world is saner than it appeared. I recall some images being corrupted with the copy task in ant and that was the explanation that I received.